HLT 2320- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 32 pages long!)
4 Dec 2017
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Ch 1: public health: science politics and prevention. Public health is the fulfillment of society"s interest in assuring the condition in which people can be healthy. Diagnoses health using public health sciences treatment= new policies and intervention. Science is how we understand threats to health, determine what interventions might work and. Politics is how we as a society make decisions about what policies to implement evaluate whether the interventions worked. Aims to control spread of infectious disease. Seeks causes of chronic disease and ways to limit harmful exposure. Used to be elderly; starting to shift in age of preteens. Numbers are diagnostic tools for the health of the community. Informs us what we need to do for community. Looking at root causes of chronic disease contribution factors; genetic makeup, environment. Infants developing disease due to plastic on baby bottles -> bpa. Behavior is now the leading factor in affecting people"s health.
